Deaf Culture Reaction
Deaf Culture Reaction Paper
My personal experience with the Deaf community has been severely bounded by the fact that I grew up in a town of less than two thousand people with no deaf members that I am aware of. I have not been exposed to the ideas that this community possesses, but instead fell victim to the common myths that many have about the Deaf community. In the brief discussion that the class had on the Deaf culture my eyes were opened not only to a new language, but also the concepts and beliefs that this community follows. I have witnessed a few times the conversation between two people signing, and have found it quite intriguing to watch. I always wonder how hard it is to be the signer? They have to be able to interpret a spoken language with a language that uses strictly space and movement to bring about the meaning to all concepts. The English language that we use daily is so complex in its grammatical arrangement that the simplicity that American Sign Language demonstrates is quite fascinating. I firmly believe that more people should be taught to understand and interpret sign language to better engage our two cultures that exist in the United States today. By learning the morals …show more content…
It is compelling to know that ASL is a combination of information from a signing community off the coast of Cape Cod with an integration of French influence later on. Because of the myth that I had previously thought was true, I assumed American Sign Language was used in both the United States and England because of our dialect similarities. I was educated in our first class that instead of England and the United States, some parts of Canada and the United States use ASL in the Deaf communities. Along with the origin of ASL, I found it surprising to learn of the mannerisms that are deemed acceptable, such as walking through a signing
My personal experience with the Deaf community has been severely bounded by the fact that I grew up in a town of less than two thousand people with no deaf members that I am aware of. I have not been exposed to the ideas that this community possesses, but instead fell victim to the common myths that many have about the Deaf community. In the brief discussion that the class had on the Deaf culture my eyes were opened not only to a new language, but also the concepts and beliefs that this community follows. I have witnessed a few times the conversation between two people signing, and have found it quite intriguing to watch. I always wonder how hard it is to be the signer? They have to be able to interpret a spoken language with a language that uses strictly space and movement to bring about the meaning to all concepts. The English language that we use daily is so complex in its grammatical arrangement that the simplicity that American Sign Language demonstrates is quite fascinating. I firmly believe that more people should be taught to understand and interpret sign language to better engage our two cultures that exist in the United States today. By learning the morals …show more content…
It is compelling to know that ASL is a combination of information from a signing community off the coast of Cape Cod with an integration of French influence later on. Because of the myth that I had previously thought was true, I assumed American Sign Language was used in both the United States and England because of our dialect similarities. I was educated in our first class that instead of England and the United States, some parts of Canada and the United States use ASL in the Deaf communities. Along with the origin of ASL, I found it surprising to learn of the mannerisms that are deemed acceptable, such as walking through a signing